As many as 16,000 people are killed every year in the United States because of tailgating, aka following too close. As many as 80% of drivers tailgate every day. The safe distance is determined by the 2-second rule, which I have mentioned many times and in my other Posts on Tailgating.
The safe distance, as mentioned in my Tick, Tock, Tick, Tock post, is determined by the element/weather. Let's go with normal, dry weather and the 2-second rule.
The difference between tailgating and not tailgating is 1-second. At 1-second or less time, behind the car in front of you will not give you time to stop if the driver in front encounters an obstruction and has to slow down or stop quickly.
At 2-seconds, which equals a car length for each 10-mph of speed, should give you the time necessary to react so you don't crash into it. Should . . . if you're paying attention to your driving.
It's only a 1-second difference. If the road is wet and even if you decide to follow the 3-second rule to give you more time to react, do you think your boss will be able to differentiate whether you're 1-second or 2-seconds later to arrive at work, or wherever you're going? I don't think so.
So you're not killed, but maybe you'll be one of the 750,000 who are hospitalized each year due to tailgating accidents, or one of the ones involved in the 2,700,00 accident?
Is your life worth 1-second of your time? Mine is. That's why I don't tailgate.

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It takes two to four weeks of feeding on a new food source for deer to establish the microorganisms necessary to obtain nutrients from that food. The time and energy it takes to convert to new microorganisms uses precious fat reserves that could have been spared if the deer had fed continually on natural winter browse. Studies, including some in Pennsylvania, have documented the death of wild ruminants from feeding on highly digestible, high energy, low fiber feed such as cornin winter. This rapid exposure to a concentrated grain diet can cause a fatal disruption of the animal's acid-base balance. Those that survive the immediate effects often die in the days or weeks that follow, due to secondary complications of the disease.

Feeding by humans causes the concentration of a large herd which attracts predators such as bears, mountain lions, foxes, etc. When the human, especially a child, is feeding the deer and there are predators around, as the human cannot run as fast as the deer, the predator, not being fussy about what it eats, will eat the human. There are several recorded instances where the human child was killed and eaten by the predator. Bears don't kill their prey before they start to eat it . . . human or otherwise.

It seems to the human, especially the human child, that they are helping the deer by giving them a treat and it's a fun thing to do, but they are actually killing the deer. Irrespective of the predators, the deer themselves can become aggressive and harm the human.

If one feels that animals are in distress, such as injured or due to severe weather conditions and snowfall, he should call the proper agency for advice and help.

The Dead of Winter

Winter mortality will never be eliminated, it's nature's way of ensuring that only the strongest of the species survive to reproduce. Winter survival is determined by the availability of high quality fall food (to ensure fat accumulation) and winter thermal cover (to conserve energy). By late fall, deer (even captive deer) instinctively reduce their food intake and continue to do so through most of the winter. During that time, deer rely heavily on fat reserves and their ability to conserve energy, thereby making those reserves last longer. They travel less and seek protection in cover where snow is less deep, wind is less severe and tempertures are warmer. Winter energy conservation, especially important to fawns which use a good portion of their fall food to grow bone and muscle, not build up fat reserves. If an animal's fat reserves are used up before the end of winter, it is much more likely to die.

That being said, any activity that causes increased energy demands can harm deer by compelling them to waste essential fat reserves. Supplemental feedig can cause deer to expend more energy by coercing them to travel farther and more often and can increase winter starvation by luring in more animals than the feed can support. In one study, feeding was found to increase the winter death rate from 25 to 42 percent. Supplemental feeding also lowers the quality of the herd by enabling less fit individuals to avoid selective, natural winter culling. High concentrations of wildlife at feeding sites also attract predators. Animals expending energy to avoid those predators burn fat reserves that would have otherwise enabled them to survive the winter.

The following will seem like I'm bragging, but I'm not as it's all factual. The reason will be understood in the summary.

I've lectured for 11-years to just about every discipline that is
responsible for children: police, firemen, EMT's, teachers, medical
personnel. and at colleges and universities in the Master's program for
Criminal Justice professionals, all on Child Abuse. All of these people
were Mandatory Reporters, i.e., if they didn't report child
abuse to the proper agency or take care of the child themselves they
could be disciplined and/or arrested, which in one case, a teacher was,
based on my recommendation. Just because you're not a mandatory
reporter doesn't mean that you do not have a moral obligation to do
anything about trying to help the child from further abuse.

So what's my point?

If you don't report to the proper authorities what you know or suspect
that a relative or neighbor is abusing their children, I strongly
believe that you are complicit in the pain and suffering of that child.

The sun was
shining bright late this afternoon when I was walking my dog. Walking
back towards my house I noticed how bright the road ahead looked. The
trees seemed to be lit up and I could see several deer crossing the
street far ahead. What a wonderful bright picture the sun made as it
was shining from the back of me and slowly lowering in the sky. During
the early, to mid-morning hours the sun is also low but rising.

What
wonderful times of the day to be out walking, BUT,
while the sun is at your back it's also shining in the windshield of
the approaching cars, blinding or, at least, severely reducing the
driver's vision; therefore, he may not see you . . . WHACK, YOU'RE DEAD.

Tip: If the approaching car is not moving away from you, you move away
from it by stepping off of the travel portion of the road.

Note: Some people recommend that you always walk with the sun facing you, even though you'll not be facing traffic. I prefer, as recommended, that you always walk facing traffic. It's your choice. It's your safety. (This is not an issue if there are sidewalks).

As most decent to good drivers know, that there are a lot of aggressive drivers on the road that tailgate, as they get angry if anyone is impeding their travel. But, what is not recognized by the majority of tailgaters is that we're pack animals. There is always a hierarchy within the pack.

The majority of tailgaters do it because they're lonesome. They need to be close to others, to be with a crowd, and to be recognized. These people, the majority of drivers on the road, need companionship, a friend and that it's merely a manifestation of their insecurity and inferiority complex. They drive in packs like wolves. When one of these drivers see cars up ahead, he must catch up to them so he can be part of a crowd to soothe his loneliness.

There are three types of drivers that form the pack. The leader is happy because he has a lot of friends following him. Of course, that's not true as he knows none of them and they don't know him, but to him, subconsciously, he's the leader, the nice guy.

The middle group of cars is driven by people who are just satisfied to be part of the pack. They at least feel that they belong.

The cars in the rear are driven by followers. Those that don't have a lot of self-confidence, but, at least, feel that they are part of the crowd; therefore, at least, feel a sense of being accepted.

The mature driver, on the other hand, drives between the packs. It is done without conscious thought. He just knows, subconsciously, that he is comfortable by himself. Even on a busy highway, I find myself most often driving by myself. I can see a dozen or more cars a thousand feet ahead of me and the same pack of cars far behind me. One time, I drove from Hartford, CT to Philadelphia, PA through NYC on Thanksgiving and didn't encounter more than a dozen cars.

But the five burly police officers of Valdosta State University couldn't find a better way to resolve the issue than to slam a female United States Air Force veteran to the ground and arrest her. -- Retired LEO.https://lnkd.in/dZAzg5W

So England doesn't like the US recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Imagine that!

I thought this might give you a betterunderstanding of the insidiousness of Hijrah, that's the takeover of a nation without going to war.

Don't think for a moment that America is not a target or that there are no American cities where Islamic and Sharia victories and takeovers have already occurred. It's time for border control, or start planning for a very big goodbye to the American way of life… Here's what has already happened to England within a few years of opening their borders without any entry control:

How the British have passively succumbed to the Muslim invasion:

Mayor of London … MUSLIM,

Mayor of Birmingham … MUSLIM,

Mayor of Leeds … MUSLIM,

Mayor of Blackburn … MUSLIM,

Mayor of Sheffield … MUSLIM,

Mayor of Oxford … MUSLIM,

Mayor of Luton … MUSLIM,

Mayor of Oldham … MUSLIM,

Mayor of Rochdale … MUSLIM.

All the following achieved by just four million Muslims out of the 66 million population:

Over 3,000 Muslim Mosques,

Over 130 Muslim Sharia Courts,

Over 50 Muslim Sharia Councils,

Muslims Only No-Go Areas across the U K,

Muslim Women … 78% don't work and are on FREE benefits / housing,

Muslim Men … 63% don't work and are on FREE benefits / housing,

Muslim Families … six to eight children planning to go on FREE benefits / housing and now all UK schools are ONLY serving HALAL MEAT.

… and we (the U S A) and (CANADA) can't decide on an immigration policy… ?

One of the ways to combat this is to keep circulating information such as this e-mail around our United States and Canada to inform the uninformed who mainly only listen and read the left leaning U S and Canadian radio / TV and newspapers. I have not seen this in the U S

Going to the store and back, I traveled
on the same winding, mountain road. Absolutely no cars within two to
three miles in either direction; except for stupid.

Going, a truck started tailgating me,
so I slowed down to give him the message. He eventually did, but the
rest of the way he got close and then backed off, close, then backed
off, nearly a dozen times. The road is two lanes with no
passing-zones, so he couldn't go anyplace or any faster than I was
going.

On my way back there was an SUV behind
me that kept a safe, constant distance all the way. Here is one
idiot that speeds up, then brakes, speeds up, then brakes. How
uncomfortable is that kind of driving? The other driver just fell
comfortably behind me and we did the eight miles in about 10 minutes.
In other words, I don't impede traffic.

It's far more comfortable following
someone than to lead, as the one following can observe the front car,
and therefore, is helped in his driving. Years ago while traveling
on a fog covered, slippery road at night for about a 100 miles, I
tagged up with another car. We both knew that leading in that kind
of condition is very tiring, so we leapfrogged each other every 15-20
minutes to help each other out. If you're a good driver you can
easily spot another one, and without communicating, both just know
what to do.

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